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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780724103321

Autore

Lim Tai-Wei

Titolo

Oil in China [[electronic resource] ] : from self-reliance to internationalization / / Lim Tai Wei

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore, : World Scientific, c2010

ISBN

1-282-75813-6

9786612758133

981-4273-77-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 p.)

Collana

Series on contemporary China ; ; v. 18

Disciplina

333.82320951

Soggetti

Petroleum industry and trade - China - Daqing (Heilongjiang Sheng)

Petroleum industry and trade - China

China

China Daqing (Heilongjiang Sheng)

Daqing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; About the Author; Chapter 1. Introduction; DECLARATION OF SELF-RELIANCE; Chapter 2. The Founding of Daqing; DAQING; ORIGINS; THE PETROLEUM FACTION; THE DISCOVERY OF DAQING; CHINESE OIL INSTITUTIONS; WELFARISM; DAQING COMES OF AGE; DAQING'S MATURATION; Chapter 3. Daqing-ism; ACTS OF HEROISM; THE MODEL OILFIELD; WAR MOBILIZATION; FOREIGN OPINIONS; Chapter 4. The Doctrine of Self-Reliance; TERMINOLOGY; FOREIGN OPINIONS; SELF-RELIANCE AND DAQING; IDEOLOGICAL VALUE; THE CHINA-CENTERED PERSPECTIVE; CRITICISMS OF CHINESE OIL SELF-RELIANCE

Chapter 5. The Cultural Revolution InterregnumMAO'S REVERSE COURSE; SHELTER FROM THE STORM; RESTORATION; Chapter 6. Looking Beyond Self-Reliance; RECONFIGURATION OF SELF-RELIANCE; WHY THE SHIFT AWAY FROM SELF-RELIANCE?; RESTORATION OF PETROLEUM FACTION AND ITS ALLIES; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; Chapter 7. Reliance on Japan; OIL CRISIS; EARLY CONTACTS; THE INFORMATION-GATHERING PHASE; EARLY OIL TRADE CONTACT (1972);



BENEFITING FROM JAPAN'S HELP; LEARNING FROM JAPAN; CHALLENGES - JAPANESE DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION; IRRATIONAL EXUBERANCE; BALANCE OF POWER VIS-À-VIS THE SOVIET UNION

TRANSFORMATION IN SINO-JAPANESE OIL INTERACTIONSDIFFERING EXPECTATIONS; POLITICAL CHALLENGES; Chapter 8. Conclusion; SINO-JAPANESE RELATIONS; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the political and conceptual metamorphosis of China's oil industry from self-reliance to internationalization. Through the empirical case study of Daqing, the premiere oilfield of the People's Republic of China (PRC) for most of the postwar period and a symbol of industrialization as well as self-reliance, key historical developmental concepts and events are analyzed. Japan's role in stimulating the development of the China's oil industry will also be highlighted as the Japanese government and its business sectors emerged as a supplier of technology and equipment to the Chi